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0 pointsbjoli6y ago0 comments

It is no worse than python, but with the 3x3 initiative the main implementation will be a lot faster than today, which will never happen to python unless the current lead will go 180 degrees against what Guido always claimed.

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aasasd6y ago

By the way, could you please summarize as to what biggest improvements you expect from Ruby that are against Python's policy?

aasasd6y ago

> It is no worse than python

Eeeeeeeh…

bjoliOP6y ago

Python and ruby have about the same speed for most common tasks (or at least in the same ballpark), IE: dirt slow once you leave the comfort of the fast parts of the runtime that are written in C.

In reality this is fast enough for most tasks.

aasasd6y ago

The thing is, I do some Python programming for money, and I'm having a hard time imagining what the Brew team did to make `brew search` and its other parts so slow. I'd probably have to compare strings byte by byte in Python code for that.

Might have to learn me some Ruby just to figure out this mystery.

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aasasd6y ago

By the way, could you please summarize as to what biggest improvements you expect from Ruby that are against Python's policy?

aasasd6y ago

> It is no worse than python

Eeeeeeeh…

bjoliOP6y ago

Python and ruby have about the same speed for most common tasks (or at least in the same ballpark), IE: dirt slow once you leave the comfort of the fast parts of the runtime that are written in C.

In reality this is fast enough for most tasks.

aasasd6y ago

Might have to learn me some Ruby just to figure out this mystery.

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